Learn English Through Football Podcast

What a week in the Champions League quarter-final second legs! We take a look at some of the stories from those games in this week's Learn English Through Football Podcast. We have a tricky quiz question, and also introduce some English for football phrases, including 'to suffer a defeat'. We also have some exciting games to look forward to in our predictions section including Tottenham v Manchester City, at the end of the show. For those wishing to improve their English, there's a transcript to the show below and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected] (Damian=DF, Damon=DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Tottenham versus Manchester City DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hi there everyone! Welcome to the show for all those who love football and wish to improve their English skills. My name is Damon and I live in Tokyo where spring has sprung and more importantly, my team's season kicked off this weekend! Football, don't you just love it! Down the line in London is Damian, and I wonder how he is doing? Damian? How are things? DF: Hello Damon and hello to all our listeners. Well done on your first game of the season, how did it go? DB: 2-0 victory! DF: Did you score? DB: I'm a right back! No, I didn't. DF: Well done for the clean sheet though. DB: Yes. DF: Well, finally spring has arrived here in London too with blue skies and sunshine this morning. Ah, finally! What a week of football we have had so far... DB: Indeed. DF: ...the quarter-finals of the two European competitions, that's the Champions League and the Europa League, were amazing. And there are some huge games taking place this weekend too including the Ruhr derby in Germany, the Rome derby in Italy, the Old Firm derby in Scotland, a top-of-the-table clash in Portugal, Man City against Tottenham - wow! Talking of which, Damon, did you watch the Liverpool v Manchester City Champions League second leg? DB: Oh I did - from behind the sofa! It was nail-biting stuff, but I'm bloody well over the moon, the Reds are through to the semis, even if they face a tricky tie against AS Roma. DF: Yes, all games at this stage of the competition are going to be tough but the Roma game will bring back happy memories of the 1984 European Cup final between the two sides when your team won on penalties. DB: They certainly will and of course 1977 too. DF: Of course. Yes, we'll be talking more about the Champions League and Europa League quarter-finals in our review section, which is coming up after this little message. You're listening to languagecaster.com (in Italian) The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly DB: Yes you are listening to languagecaster.com. And we'd love more messages in as many different languages as possible, especially with the 2018 World Cup coming up, or if you want to let us know your name, who you support and add 'you are listening to languagecaster.com', do that and send it to us at [email protected]. Right, now time for some news from the footballing week in the good, the bad and the ugly. Damian, what was good? Good DF: OK, I'm going to start with the Champions League and with Roma, who pulled off an amazing come back in the second leg of their quarter-final tie against Barcelona. Down 4-1 from the first leg, Roma overwhelmed Barcelona 3-0 to go through on the away goals rule. Of course, they scored one at the Nou Camp in Barcelona, meaning that although the two result of the two legs finished 4-4, Roma went through. It was simply a remarkable game. DB: Yes. DF: But that wasn't the end of the European comebacks as both Salzburg and Marseille staged amazing comebacks of their own in their Europa League second leg matches. The Austrian team RB Salzburg were 4-2 down from their first leg against Italian team Lazio and then went further behind after the team from Rome scored an away goal but an amazing four-goal blitz in 20 minutes saw the Austrian team qualifying 6-5 on aggregate. French side Marseille also came from behind in their match against RB Leipzig to win 5-2 on the night and 5-3 on aggregate. Amazing stuff indeed. DB: Wow! DF: What about bad, Damon? Bad DB: Well let's stick to the Champions League, and it was a bit bad and sad as Juventus failed to make an even more amazing come back than Roma. The Italian side lost 4-3 on aggregate after getting back into the tie against Real Madrid with three goals, only to see a penalty awarded in injury time against them. Now, the bad was Juve's goalkeeper, Buffon's reaction to the award of the penalty, as he confronted the referee, earning himself a red card - he received his marching orders. And the sad is that it ended that way for such a great player and that a remarkable come back was not to be. Ugly? Ugly DF: Well, for ugly I am going to continue with that Buffon story as his post-match comments were not good

2018 Manchester and Merseyside Derbies: This week's football-language podcast looks back at the Champions League quarter-final first legs and the big derbies taking place over the weekend in the Premier League. We also have a quiz question, explain a new football expression - overhead kick...

2018 Chelsea vs Tottenham: The international friendlies have finished and our attention returns to domestic football this weekend with important games at the top and bottom of the table, including a huge London derby between Chelsea and Tottenham.

International friendlies are taking place around the world as many countries have their eyes on the upcoming World Cup. So on this Learn English Through Football Podcast we discuss some of the news from these games. We will also introduce the football phrase...

2018 FA Cup 6th Round and Champions League Draw

On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we've got lots of football language for those who love football and want to improve their English language skills. We'll talk about the good, the bad and the ugly news from last week, including Dulwich, Davide Astori and some women's football, we also feature some English phrases used in football - to arrest the slide - and look ahead to some of the big games in the Premier League including Manchester United versus Liverpool. There is a transcript to the show on the site and if you have questions or comments, email us at: [email protected]

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 Manchester City v Chelsea

2018 Carabao Cup Final: On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look ahead to some big games from the weekend including the Carabao Cup final between Man City and Arsenal and a grudge match between Manchester United and Chelsea.

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2018 FA Cup 5th Round On this week' s Learn English Through Football Podcast we look back at some of the Champions League games and look ahead to the 2018 FA Cup 5th Round. We'll also be explaining lots of football language in the show and try some predictions as well.

This weekend's big game is the North London derby that takes place on Saturday at Wembley and we'll be featuring this match in our predictions section along with another needle match: Southampton against Liverpool. We'll look back at some of the footballing news from the week in the good, the bad and the ugly and of course we'll be explaining lots of football language in the show as well.

The big match this weekend is Liverpool v Tottenham - not just because of he battle for the top four but it's the languagecaster derby! We will try to predict the score for that game along with Arsenal against Everton and Chelsea v Watford in our predictions battle. We'll also describe some football language and ask a quiz question.

It's the FA Cup fourth round this weekend and so on this week's football-language podcast we take a look at some of the big games and wonder will there be any shocks. We also describe some football language, ask and answer a quiz question and offer some predictions.

This week's podcast looks at the relegation zone in the Premier League. We explain some language connected to relegation and also look ahead to some of the big games involving teams currently in the relegation zone.

2018 Liverpool vs Manchester City: This week's football-language podcast looks ahead to the big game between Liverpool and leaders Manchester City, we also explain some new football language and we have another football quiz.

2018 FA Cup 3rd Round: This week's podcast looks ahead to the FA Cup 3rd round and also looks back at some of the highs and lows for our teams in 2017. We also explain some new football language and have a quiz and some predictions.

It's week 18 in the Premier League and the big game isA The Citizens v The Lilywhites: Manchester City v Tottenham.

Merseyside and Manchester Derbies: Lots of big Premier League games taking place this weekend with three huge derbies in London, Liverpool and Manchester. We look back at those games in our weekly predictions competition and also explain some new words and phrases from the week in football.

The Gunners v Red Devils is the big match this weekend; that's Arsenal v Manchester United. This game features in our predictions section.

Chelsea are on their way to Anfield today and this podcast features that match and others in our weekly predictions section.

This weekend sees the Gunners take on Spurs; Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur in the North London Derby - a massive game for both teams.

It's November international time with friendlies and some huge World Cup qualifiers taking place around the world.

This week's Learn English Through Football Podcast starts off with the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the footballing world, then explains some football phrases, and finishes off with some predictions from the Premier League. This week, the focus is on the Chelsea vs Man United game. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript below to help with reading and listening (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Chelsea v Man Utd Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome to the show for all those who love the world's favourite game and who want to improve their English skills. My name's Damon and I'm based in Tokyo, which is enjoying some lovely sunny weather at the moment. Now, Damian is having a short trip to Ireland but has managed to keep in contact and send a few words via the magic of the internet. DF:A Yes, as Damon says I am in Ireland for the weekend and so am unable to join you live but I was able to record some things for this weeka€™s show. Now, the weather here in Ireland has been typical for this time of year a€“ windy, some rain and the temperature is fairly chilly though we have also had some sun and blue skies a€“ pretty much everything in fact! Now, the Premier League is huge here in Ireland and not just because most of the Irish national team play for clubs there, but most football fans here would support an English a€“ or sometimes even a Scottish club before a team from the domestic league - this is called the League of Ireland. Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Celtic have a huge following though you can find fans of most top-flight teams here and many of them will travel to the UK to watch their favourite teams on a fairly regular basis. So many fans here in Ireland will be looking forward to a big weekend of football action with Manchester City hosting Arsenal, Manchester United travelling to London to face Chelsea and Tottenham against Crystal Palace a€“ and these three games all feature in our predictions later on in the show. Now, there are two other big football stories here in Ireland. The first involves the national side as they get ready for their World Cup play-off game against Denmark next weekend and of course wea€™ll be looking at that game and all the other World Cup play-off matches in next weeka€™s podcast. The other big story here is the FAI Cup final (Thata€™s the Football Association of Ireland) which is taking place this weekend a€“ thata€™s the domestic football cup finala€“ between the recently-crowned League of Ireland champions Cork City and Dundalk United who have been the top team in the previous three years or so. It promises to be a big game and if I had to choose a winner I think Ia€™d go for Dundalk, which would of course prevent Cork from completing the league and cup double. DB: Yes a big week next week for Ireland in the World Cup play-off against Denmark. You're listening to languagecaster.com (Hull City fan) Line Up DB: On the show we have three main sections, and this is the same each week: a news section called the good, the bad and the ugly, a football language section, and a predictions section at the end of the show. Now, on this week we have a fairly long football language section, as we discuss some posts and ideas from listeners. Our predictions section has three games from the Premier League, including Chelsea vs Manchester United, or Conte vs Mourinho! So, let's kick off with the good, the bad and the ugly. Here's Damian's good and ugly! Good DF: It has been a busy Champions League week and yet again the English teams have done really well. After the fourth round of matches were completed this week the five teams involved have only lost once in 20 matches a€“ Chelseaa€™s away defeat at Roma last week. There were wins for Manchester United against Benfica, Liverpool, who easily easily brushed aside Slovenian champions Maribor 3-0, Manchester City who won away at Napoli 4-2 and, of course, Tottenham defeated the current holders of the competition Real Madrid 3-1 at Wembley Stadium. Another good week for English teams in the Champions League. Ugly DF:A Well, I suppose the ugliest story to have emerged from the week was from the Europa League where Marseille veteran defender Patrice Evra was seen kicking out at one of his own fans before the match against Portuguese side Vitoria. Evra received a red card before the game kicked off and has been suspended by his club Olympic Marseille and will surely face a bigger punishment from the governing body UEFA over the coming days. Pretty ugly indeed. Good DB: I'm just going to skip bad and go for another good story. In South America well done to Brazilian side Grêmio and Argent

Man Utd v Spurs: Learn English Through Football Podcast brings you stories from the footballing world, football phrases, and predictions.

This week on the Learn English Through Football Podcast, we review the footballing news from the week, introduce two new football-language phrases - a curler and queueing up, and we will be looking at some of the games in week 9 of the Premier league. These games include Liverpool's trip to Tottenham, the Languagecaster derby

World Cup Qualifiers and Liverpool vs Man Utd: On this week's football-language podcast we look back at a wonderfully exciting set of World Cup qualifiers that took place over the past ten days. We also introduce two new football-language phrases connected to those World Cup qualifiers including 'results go your way'. We also look ahead to a new round of matches from the Premier League this weekend including the big game between Liverpool and Manchester United which of course will feature in our regular football predictions competition.

Chelsea v Man City: On this week's football-language podcast we take a look at some of the big games in the Premier League including Chelsea against Manchester City...

This week in the Premier League sees another London derby this time West Ham hosting rivals Tottenham at the London Stadium on Saturday morning. We look ahead to that game in our weekly predictions section of the show along with Liverpool's trip to Leicester and leaders Manchester City hosting bottom side Crystal Palace. We also look at some of the good, the bad and the ugly stories from the week including the sacking of the England Women's manager Mark Sampson, while we also explain some new English for football phrases and answer some of your posts. For those who wish to practise their English, there is a transcript...

Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017-18 Blues v Gunners: The Champions League and Europa League group stages have kicked off, club football is in full swing in Europe, while in Asia the Asian Champions League reaches the semi-final stage. We look at stories from those competitions on this week's podcast, bring you some English for football phrases...

Club football returns after the World Cup qualifiers and it's Pep v Klopp as Man City host Liverpool in the Premier League.

It's international break and World Cup qualifiers this week. The season has only just started in most of Europe but September brings international matches. The whole world looks towards the World Cup in Russia in 2018, hoping their country will make it to the finals. The transfer window has also closed this week in Europe with some big deals being done and lots of disappointment too. We'll be looking at the qualifiers and transfers in our review section on this week's podcast. There is a transcript for those who wish to practise their English reading and listening skills (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learning English Through Football Podcast: The International Break Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DB: You are listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hello everyone. My name is Damon and I'm based in Tokyo, which at the moment is basking in beautiful sun and most importantly isn't too hot. This week, it's just me as Damian is on his travels, but he will be back next week. Now, it's World Cup qualifiers and a few days ago I watched the match between Japan and Australia. It was a surprisingly routine victory for Japan. Australia are seen as big rivals and most Japanese fans were nervous before the game, but Australia rarely threatened and two clinical goals, the first after striker Asano sprung the offside trap put the game to bed. Everyone very happy here as Japan have now qualified for Russia 2018. Line up And I'll be talking a bit more about World Cup qualifiers and also the transfer window in the good, the bad and the ugly, the review section of the footballing news this week. On the show, we also have some English for football phrases, including one I have just used, 'to spring the offside trap' and one more, 'a high line'. We'll also have a quiz question and some predictions from the World Cup qualifiers - England versus Slovakia, Honduras against the USA and Argentina taking on Venezuela. You are listening to Languagecaster.com (in Hungarian) DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Hungarian. Remember, if you want to contact us just come along to languagecaster.com, or contact us through Facebook,A A Twitter, and we've also got a forum on the site where you can post any questions or comments. OK, now what was good in the football world last week? Good DB: As I've mentioned, it was good for Japan who qualified for the World Cup in Russia with their 2-0 victory over Australia, but it was also good for Spain, who beat their closest group rivals Italy emphatically 3-0 on Friday. That puts them three points ahead and in command of the automatic qualifying spot. Good as well for clubs holding on to their star players during the transfer window - Southampton wouldn't budge on Virgil van Dyke, Liverpool held on to Coutinho, and Arsenal kept Sanchez - but how happy the players will be, they all wanted to move, remains to be seen. Finally a fantastic debut for 17-year old ben Woodburn for Wales, who scored a screamer from outside the penalty area to win the game for Wales against Austria - a vital victory and a great goal. Bad DB: Now bad: Well it was pretty bad for the USA, who lost 2-0 to Costa Rica and now drop down to fourth place in the CONCACAF qualifying group, which would mean a play off against the winners of the Asian qualifier's play off. This puts them equal on points with Honduras, who they face next week in a crucial tie. Lose that, and they may struggle to qualify. Perhaps worse though for Holland, who look as though they are going to miss another major tournament, remember they failed to qualify for the Euro 2016 finals, after a 4-0 defeat to France. The Dutch are in fourth place in their group, 2 points behind Bulgaria, who they face next. They also finish the qualifiers with a big game against Sweden, who are second and hoping to keep hold of the play off position. Ugly DB: For ugly, I'm just going to say the crazy amounts of money spent in the transfer window in Europe. Basically, for some clubs it seems money is not a problem and they are willing to pay any amount for a player. The Premier League led the way with 1.4 billion ponds but Serie A wasn't far behind with 1 billion pounds. Insane! Quiz question DB: OK, now for this week's quiz question, which has a World Cup flavour. Which players won the Golden Glove and Golden Boot awards at the last World Cup - that's the award for the best goalkeeper and for the player who scored the most goals. Answer at the end of the show. You are listening to Languagecaster.com (in Dutch) Follow us DB: We'd like to thank everyone who has followed us, liked us, or retweeted us this week. We'd love to hear from you directly with any questions or comments you have about the show,

On this week's show Damon and Damian discuss some of the news related to the Champions League (CL) groups, which were announced last Thursday. There are also some football phrases discussed, related to penalties and the awarding of yellow and red cards - harsh and clear cut. The show finishes with a look at three of the big games in the Premier League in week 3 of the season.

2017-18 Tottenham vs Chelsea: This week both Damon and Damian are in London and they recorded this week's show from a rainy London cafe - complete with background noise! It's Week 2 of the Premier League season and on today's show we look back at some of the big football news from the week featuring Liverpool and Ronaldo and look ahead to some of the games taking place this weekend including a big London derby between Tottenham and Chelsea.

Leagues across Europe kick off and this week's podcast previews the start of the Premier League in England.

Welcome back to the new season of football language podcasts from Languagecaster - this is our 11th year.

2017 Confederation Cup Final:

Champions League Final 2017: The European football season reaches its climax with the Champions League Final between Juventus and Real Madrid...

The season in England traditionally ends with the FA Cup final at Wembley. That's the game we focus on in this end-of-season podcast.

2016-17 Last day of the Season: We take a look at some of the big games taking place this Sunday - with Champions League places up for grabs.

Two more weekends of the Premier League to go and there is still much to play for at the top and the bottom of the tables.A But that's in the men's game; the women have also been busy with a spring seriesA and the Women's FA Cup in England and we'll be looking at that game too in this week's show. We also explain some football language including the phrase 'to go through a player' and of course we have some predictions.A Of course you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 Women's FA Cup Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DF: You're listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast.A Hi everyone. Welcome to the show for all lovers of football and those wanting to sharpen up their English-language skills. My name's Damian and I'm based in London where the weather is slowly warming up as summer approaches. Damon, of course, is in Tokyo, Japan but he is not with us today but will be back again next week. Now, apologies for the delay in this week's podcast but both of us have been super busy at work but again we hope we return in our usual Saturday morning slot next weekend which will of course be the final game in this season's English Premier League. Line up DF: Of course, we know that Chelsea are now the new Champions of England, while we also know that the women's game in England has been busy too recently - more on those stories later in the show in our good, the bad and the ugly section. After that, we've got a few football phrases to talk about, we have a quiz question, and three games in our regular predictions section. DF: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in German. Now, if you would like to record the message a€œYou are listening to languagecastera€ in your language then just send it on to us here at [email protected]. DF: OK, let's start the good, the bad and the ugly section with some good news. Good DF: Well, it was very good for Manchester City as they win the FA Cup in fine style with a 4-1 victory over Birmingham. They are also doing well in the Spring Series lying second behind Liverpool in the nine-team competition. I am, of course, talking about Manchester City's women's team not their male counterparts. The victoryA in the FA Cup, played at Wembley in front of over 35,000 fans, means that Manchester City hold all three domestic trophies: the Women's Super League, the Women's Super League Cup, and now the FA Cup. Well done Manchester City! DF: I suppose before we move to bad, we should also say well done to Chelsea for clinching the title and to Real Madrid and Juventus for getting through to the Champions League final earlier on last week. Bad Well a week or so ago we congratulated some south coast teams on their promotions - Plymouth, Portsmouth and Brighton. But is has beenA bad for teams from another region of England. From the north east or east of England: Sunderland, Middlesbrough and, last weekend, Hull City have all beenA relegated. What about ugly? Ugly DF:A Well, it would be too cruel to call this ugly but it was definitely a crucial missed chance. Celta Vigo'sA Guidetti could haveA put the Spanish side in to the Europa League final at the expense of Manchester United with a last-minute winner. The player found himself six yards from goal with the keeper nowhere but couldn't steer a squared ball in to the gaping net. A crushing miss for the striker which allowed the Red Devils to reach the final by the skin of their teeth. Follow us DF: OK, we'd just likeA to remind people to get in touch with us and spread the word if you like our show and site. You can of course email us directly at [email protected], or go to the site and leave a comment on our posts or in our forum. You could also drop by our A Facebook page: Learning English Through Football - we've lots of new followers and likes this week - catch up with us on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster, and finally, every now and then we surface on Instagram with a football-themed photo or two. I know Damon's posted something from a recent match he played in Tokyo. Spread the word! DF: Now next up we have some football language that emerged from the week. Football Language:A (to) Go Through (Someone) DF: OK, I'm going to start with a phrase which describes a kind of tackle - a bad one. The football phrase a€˜to go through someonea€˜ describes a strong one and usually results in a booking (a yellow card) or even a sending off (a red card). The tackler attacks the ball, which is being protected by the opposition player. The only way the tackler can get the ball is a€˜to go througha€˜ the opponent; they hit the player before the

In this week's show we focus on the race for the top four spots in the Premier league. These places secure a berth in the Champions League.

2017 Tottenham vs Arsenal: This week's football-language podcast looks ahead to the North London derby between Spurs...

2017 Manchester Derby: A huge week of football with derbies in London, Manchester and Glasgow as well as el clasico on this week's podcast.

This week saw Champions League and Europa League quarter-final first legs, but these were overshadowed by the attack on the Dortmund team bus. This news will feature on our review section this week. We also have predictions, with games involving Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham, your posts, football language from the week and of course you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast:A Dortmund Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DB: You're listening to Languagecaster's football-language podcast. Hello everyone, my name is DamonA and I am here in a lovely sunny TokyoA hoping to talk to DamianA down the line in London. Damian, how are you doing? You must be happy with your team, Tottenham, still pushing Chelsea for the title! DF: Hello Damon, good to hear from you - it's a little chilly here in London but at least it's not raining! It's been another busy week of football with Champions League quarter-finals taking place. Did you manage to see any? DB: None! I need to work on my satellite subscription! Maybe when Liverpool get back in the Champions League next season? You? DF: I saw the Dortmund-Monaco game which was high on emotion indeed. By the way, as for Spurs, yes, we are doing well but I am still a little nervous of today's game against Bournemouth. Line up DF: Now, what else Damon do we have on today's show? DB: As you've already mentioned, we've had an eventful week of football in Europe, overshadowed by the attack on the Dortmund bus, more on that in our review section - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After that we have two football phrases for you 'to sky the ball over the bar' and a 'sweet left foot'. DF:A And after all of that, we'll finish up with our predictions and we're going to look at three of the big games in the Premier League. We're well and truly in the business end of the season! DB: Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that was in Polish. We'd love to haveA some more voices and languages in our collection:A you can record the message a€œYou are listening to languagecastera€ in your language, or "Hi I'm a fan of (whatever your team is), and you're listening to languagecaster.com' - this message in English!A Just send it on to [email protected]. DF: Right Damon, let's start the good, the bad and the ugly; what was good this week? Good DB:A Well the big news thisA week was the attack on the Dortmund team bus ahead of the quarter-final fixture against Monaco and the cancellation of the game.A Some good did come out of this terrible event, though. Football showed its good side, as Dortmund citizens volunteered to allow Monaco fans to stay overnight in their houses. A wonderful, warm gesture. Brilliant from the city of Dortmund and the individuals who opened their doors to help their French counterparts! Bad DF:A Yes. A great gesture from those football fans - football truly can be the beautiful game. But the way in which the game was hurriedly re-scheduled for an early evening kick off the next day was pretty bad. Although Dortmund could have asked for a longer delay and there is no direct evidence that UEFA forced the club to play the re-scheduled game so soon after the attack, it does show, perhaps, that clubs, officials, and executives are more interested in TV money, sponsorship, and keeping to the calendar than they are in how the players might have felt. It must have been difficult for the Dortmund players to fully concentrate on the game - a bad decision to let it go ahead so soon! What about ugly? Ugly DB: A Of course the attack on the bus, three explosions, was ugly, and it really is lucky that Marc Bartra's injuries were relatively light, but I'd also like to mention theA assault of a footballer in a bar in England last week. Ross Barkley of Everton was talking to anotherA customer in a bar in Liverpool, when he was suddenly punched by the man and knocked to theA ground. A vicious attack on a footballer having a relaxing night out. Very ugly indeed. Follow us DF: Now, remember that you can follow us on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster, and you can find us on Facebook: Learning English Through Football, and we'd like to say hi to all those who have followed or liked us recently, including Will and Steve who both commented on a question I asked on Facebook about football language connected to money. This was after last week's interview with Marie O'Sullivan who spoke about the football cliche 'turn on a sixpence' - which is now up on our site. Will used the phrase 'change' as in 'but there's no change from Daniel Pudil,' when an opposition player tried to draw the defender

2017 Business end of the season: This week's podcast looks at the football language from the business end of the season...

2017 Merseyside Derby and Arsenal v Man City: A huge weekend of football including a big derby, a top-four clash and a relegation battle.

World Cup 2018 qualifiers are being held across the globe; A nasty tackle features in our good, bad and ugly section.

Hull v Swansea features in our predictions spotlight at the end of the show. We also try to guess the results of Bournemouth v West Ham and Liverpool v Burnley. To start, however, we review some of the football stories from this week. We will then introduce some football language including 'retrospective action' and 'long ball game'. Of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 - Hull vs Swansea Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DB: You're listening to languagecaster's football language podcast. My name is Damon and I am here in a slightly cloudy and cool Tokyo. Last week I couldn't make it to the podcast with Damian, and this week, it's Damian's turn! Unfortunately he will not be with us this week as he's taking a well-earned rest and watching football with friends and family, but fingers crossed, we'll both be back next week. Line up So, today, we will start with the good, the bad and the ugly, which is our short review section looking at some of the football news from the past week - look out for Barcelona featuring! After that, we have a couple of phrases from football to talk about, and this week they are 'retrospective action' and 'long ball game'. We finish off with our predictions section with three games from the Premier League: Liverpool taking on Burnley, Bournemouth hosting West Ham, and a relegation six-pointer, Hull against Swansea. Yes, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message a€œYou are listening to languagecastera€ in your language. Now next up we have the good, the bad and the ugly. Good Let's start with Barcelona's incredibly come-back against PSG in the Champions League. Trailing 4-0 after the first leg, the Catalan side needed 4 to force extra time. They got three but then the French side scored an away goal, which meant Barcelona had to score another 3 to win with only 30 minutes to go. There were two minutes of the 90 minutes left when Neymar slotted home a fabulous free kick, and in the five minutes of extra time, Barcelona did the impossible and scored two more to record a fantastic come back. Bad Staying with the Champions League in Europe, bad again for Arsenal who were thrashed 10-2 over the two legs by Bayern Munich. The Gunners were destroyed 5-1 again, but this time in front of their home fans, many of whom are now calling for their manager, Arsène Wenger, to go. The French manager, who has been at the club for over 20 years, will next have to get past a big banana skin in the FA Cup this weekend, when the London side take on minnows Lincoln. Controversial To finish, a little bit ugly and definitely controversial. In Manchester United's game against Bournemouth last week there were several incidents involving Bournemouth's centre back, Tyrone Mings, and United's forward Ibrahimovic. And their battle on the pitch ended up with both facing retrospective action - Mings for an alleged stamp on the Swede's head, and Zlatan for an alleged elbow in the face in revenge. The stamp and the elbow are ugly, but the controversy is how can you decide when something is deliberate? Many believe that Mings' stamp was accidental, while others are convinced it was deliberate. The player says it was an accident. Having looked at it, the English FA has decided to ban the Bournemouth player for 5 games. A controversial decision on something so subjective. Follow us Now, just to let you know, you can follow usA on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster, and find us on Facebook Learn English Through Football, We have an Instagram page and of course you can contact us directly at [email protected]. We'd love to hear from you and hear what you think of the show! Get in touch and spread the word! Thanks to Patty Sanchez, Serkan Emerce, Ric Macalinao, and English This Way for following us recently! Quiz question Right, now it's quiz question time. We heard about Barcelona coming back from a 4-0 first leg defeat to go through 6-5 on aggregate, but what was the biggest come back before that in the European Champions League? Answer at the end of the show. Now next up we explain some football language that has emerged from the week. Football Language: Retrospective Action Now, this not exclusively a football term, but this phrase can be heard quite frequently in the game. The meaning of the word a€˜retrospectivea€˜ is to look back at something. If a referee sees a player doing something wrong in a match he or she can book or send off the player. However, if the referee does not see the incident then the FA (the organising body of the game in England) has the

On this week's show we review some of the football stories from this week in the first section of our podcast. We will also highlight some football language including 'end product'A and the classic cliche 'six pointer'. In our final section, predictions, we spotlight three games: Leicester v Hull (a real six pointer), Liverpool v Arsenal and Sunderland v Manchester City. Of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: 2017 - Liverpool vs Arsenal Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DF: You're listening to languagecaster's football language podcast. My name is Damian and I am here in a bright and Spring-like London and looking forward to the weekend's football. Damon, who is of course in Tokyo, will not be with us this week but we'll hope to have him back next weekend's games. Line up DF: Now, on today's show we will start with a look back at some of the stories from the world of football. Then we look at a couple ofA footballing phrases, including 'end product' and a very common football cliche 'six pointer' and we finish off with our predictions section in which we look at three games from the Premier League: Liverpool taking on Arsenal, Hull City travelling to Leicester City in a relegation six pointer and Sunderland facing Manchester City. DF: Yes indeed, you are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Irish. Now drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message a€œYou are listening to languagecastera€ in your language. Now next up we have our review of the football stories from the week. Good DF: Now to start with I am going to look at some good news and this story comes from the Asian Champions League. Hong Kong side Eastern won their first ever point in this competition after a 1-1 draw against Japanese team Kawasaki Frontale. Not only was this their first point, it was also the first time a Hong Kong side had participated in the group stage of the tournament and of course they are managed by the first ever woman to lead a team in the Champions League: Chan Yeun-ting. Well done to them. Sad DF: Now, this is not so much bad as sad as two big figures from the game passed away this week. French star Raymond Kopa was the first Frenchman to win the Ballon d'Or, while he also starred in the 1958 World Cup in which France finished third. He also played in the great Real Madrid side of the late '50s and won three European Cups and a whole host of league titles in France and Spain (Read Kopa's obituary here from the Guardian). The other footballer who passed away this week was former Scottish and Celtic defender Tommy Gemmell who was part of the famous 'Lisbon Lions' side that defeated Inter Milan 2-1 in the 1967 European Cup final. Gemmell scored in that game and indeed scored in another European Cup final in 1970 when Celtic lost to Dutch side Feyenoord 2-1 (Read BBC's obituary here). Follow us DF: Now here's the section where we remind you to get in touch with us and spread the word viaA our FacebookA page - Learn English Through Football - and on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster.A Thanks to all those who have liked us recently including Silambarasan, France Summy and Thim on Facebook and to Serkhan and Patty on Twitter. Remeber we also have an Instagram page where you can see some football pictures from Damon in Tokyo and myself here in London. If you have any football language questions then drop us a line at [email protected]. Quiz question DF: OK, it's time for our weekly quiz question and this week it's connected with the relegation battle. We want to know what three times were relegated last season. Which three teams went down last year to the Championship? And the answer, of course, will be at the end of the show. Now next up we explain some football language that has emerged from the week. Football Language: End product Now the first phrase is 'end product'. This football phrase is a way to say a€˜goala€™. The goal or aim of football is to beat your opponent by scoring more goals than they do. The passing, tackling, movement are all done as a team try to score a goal and stop the otherA team from scoring. The final objective is to score; a successful result is a goal. Final objective can also be said as end result, or end product, so the end productA of football is to score a goal. However, usually this phrase is used in the negative a€“ no end product. This describes a team trying to score but who fail a€“ thereA is no end product. AnotherA way to say this is the team lacked a cutting edge. Here is an example from The Guardian newspaper: 'But for all this good work there is a tendency to be obviously bus

Leicester v Liverpool: This week's podcast looks ahead to some big matches in the Premier League.

It's the second languagecaster derby of the season: when Damon's favourite team Liverpool take on Damian's team Tottenham and so on this week's show we focus on the big game from Anfield. We also look at some football words and phrases from the week, including Indomitable Lions and the verb 'to shrug off a challenge', while we also respond to a listener's questions about punctuation. To start the show, we will review some of the footballing news in our good, the bad and the ugly section and we also have our predictions for the weekend including that Liverpool - Tottenham game.A And of course, you can read the transcript for the show in our post below (Damian = DF, Damon = DB). Learn English Through Football Podcast: Languagecaster Derby - Liverpool vs Tottenham Subscribe to the show and receive automatic downloads every week Subscribe through i-tunes here Click for the latest shows here Podcast FAQ Transcript of the show DF: You're listening to languagecaster's football language podcast. My name is Damian and I am here in a cold and snowy London!A Now this week Damon will not be with us - I wonder if it's snowing in Tokyo? which is a pity, of course, as we have the second languagecaster derby of the season taking place this weekend - that's Damon's favourite team, Liverpool, against my favourite team, Tottenham! Line up DF: Now, that game will feature in our predictions battle later on in the show along with a relegation six-pointer and Chelsea's visit to Burnley. Before that we will have our good, the bad and the ugly section that features three stories from the week's footballing news and we will be congratulating Cameroon, commiserating with a manager and applauding Liverpool. Then we'll discuss a few phrases from the football world this week including the nickname of that Cameroon side and a reference to a great goal scored by Edin Hazard last weekend. And just before our predictions at the end of the show, we'll have our weekly quiz question, which this week is connected to the league leaders around the major European leagues. Yes indeed. You are listening to languagecaster.com and that message was in Catalan. Drop us a line at [email protected] if you have the message a€œYou are listening to languagecaster.coma€ in your language. OK, let's kick off with some of the good news from the world of football. Good DF: Well, congratulations to Cameroon on winning their fifth African Cup of Nations after defeating Egypt 2-1 in Gabon last weekend. The Indomitable Lions scored a late winner from substitute VincentA Aboubakar to overcome Egypt in the final. Well done to the Lions. Bad DF: Well for bad, this might be a little unfair on him but Héctor Cúper, the Argentinian manager of losing finalists Egypt, has finished second in the league in three different countries: in La Liga with Valencia, in Italy with Inter and with Huracán in Argentina. He has also lost two Champions League finals with Valencia, the Copa del Rey and the European Cup Winners Cup finals with Mallorca, the Greek Cup Final with Aris and now the African Cup of Nations final with Egypt. Poor guy. Interesting DF: Well, not ugly this week but interesting. An interesting story from Liverpool football club as they have now banned The Sun newspaper from their ground after the newspaper's coverage of the Hillsborough disaster. An interesting move by the club against a newspaper that clearly did not report the facts on one of the saddest days in British football. Follow us DF: Now, remember, as well as downloading our podcast you can also follow us on Facebook - our page is Learn English Through Football - and on twitter where our handle is @languagecaster. Spread the word and get in touch! And thanks to all those who have liked us recently including Sure, Zeinab, Hatem, Ali and Mike on Facebook and to Jacob and Carlos Hugo who have done the same on Twitter. We also have an instagram account and you can see some photos from Damon's football match in TokyoA this weekend - itA doesn't look like snow to me. DF: Now, Damon responded to a listener's question this week on our webpage - from Sandara who asked about the phrases 'Mourinhoa€™s United' and 'Uniteda€™s Mourinho'. And Damon replied by saying that the possessive 'S' means the focus is on Mourinho in the first example. He is the manager and HIS team is Manchester United, so 'Mourinho's United'. Of course, you can also say the club Manchester United has a manager, and in this case it would be 'United's Mourinho'. DF: I wonder how Klopp's Liverpool did so well against Tottenham's Pochettino this weekend... Remember, if you have any football language questions then drop us a line at [email protected]. Quiz question DF: OK, it's time for our weekly quiz question and this week our question is about the big fiv